Yeah, I will ask workers what the tip-out policy is at questionable places (i.e. Fast Food Service), most of the places that put in these tip screens do not actually tip-out or have some insane policy to make sure workers never claim the money and/or only a small percentage. Like if a tip jar would seem out of place and/or wasn’t there before a store’s POS upgrade I generally assume the management is pocketing the tip (i.e. Five Guys Burgers, cash goes to employees but I’ve been told by a few cashiers that credit card tips seem to vanish into thin air)
however, now that Walmart has pickup for groceries, I often am, "oops I left a wad of money back there, you can put it in your pocket" just to avoid the Walmart tip process online. Who knows who is getting it. If they workers want tips they should fight to be the "bring the food to the car" people or have an honest collaboration with the "pick the food from the shelves for my order people", I just assume they rotate around.
Anyhow, sometimes it is even pouring rain, and I said, damn! -- then the guy said that unless there was thunder or lightning they had to go into the rain.
I love punishing low wage workers while making statements on how the system should change.
"Oh, you thought you could afford to take a day off this week to help an elderly parent make it to a doctor appointment? Nah, get fucked. You can't afford to that and buy groceries."
Uh no. There are limits to tipping no matter how much empathy you have. Thinking if a tip is asked for means you are necessarily fuck the worker means you're falling for a scam a significant amount of the time, and in cases like that it 100% wouldn't surprise me if a lot if such owners are keeping the tips for themselves. That shit is illegal but happens all the time without consequence
Servers have an established expectation of relying on tips to get a living wage, and often earn less than the minimum wage otherwise. The same is not true for cashiers. Maybe they should be paid more, but that should not be done by creating more reliance on tips to subsidize low wages.
I only use cash cause fuck the bank and credit card company tracking every purchase I make and selling my data to anyone. Not getting extorted for bribes by these fuckheads is just a bonus.
People who moralize tipping are fucking scum. Tip or don't. Preferably don't. Don't make a long list of BS rules when and how much you'll tip. Don't go off your gut either; because that's how you end up subconsciously tipping in ways that are passively racist and sexist. Flat amount.
Tip the same amount no matter what, even if that amount is zero.